The jury
Dominic Bajard
Estelle Lowry
Director, Maison de la Musique Contemporaine
France
Estelle Lowry, born in Saint-Brieuc in 1982, was General Delegate and then Director of Musique Nouvelle en Liberté (MNL), before taking over as Director of the Maison de la Musique Contemporaine (MMC) on July 15, 2020.
Alongside her literary training, she studied bassoon and became involved in group practice. Nurtured by an education in which transmission and accompaniment of artists are key values, Estelle chose to focus on production and project management.
After studying art history and cultural business management, she was in charge of production and distribution at the Concert de l'Hostel-Dieu (Lyon), before joining the Orchestre de Picardie and then the Maison de la Culture d'Amiens. She joined MNL in 2009.
Since 2013, it has been contributing to the relaunch of the Grand Prix Lycéen des Compositeurs (GPLC), a unique scheme for raising awareness of musical creation in schools, by developing new partnerships, diversifying its resources, and structuring the scheme's territorial and educational development.
Through her work at the MMC, Estelle Lowry aims to promote contemporary music in all its diversity and for the widest possible audience, to support and accompany those involved in musical creation, and to encourage encounters between artists and audiences.
In 2023, she was named Chevalière de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.